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Letters Patent No. 90,776, dated .Time l, 1869.

` IMPROVED BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OKEEFE, of Appleton, in the county ofOutagamie, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improvedBedstead-Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had Vto theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improve Inents'in metallicfastenings, for fastening the side rails of bedsteads to the ends,whereby it is designed to provide a simple and cheap fastening-device,capable of ready attachment or detachment.

It consists of metal plates for screwingou to the face of the posts, orside rails having two or more hooks, projecting at right angles from thefaces at one edge, to be used in pairs, one on the post, with the hooksfacing upward, and the other on the side rail, with the hooks facingdownward, and so arranged that the hooks of the plate on the rail willengage with and be supported by those on the post, all as hereinaftermore fully specified.

Figure 1 represents a section of the end of a bedstead, connected by inyimproved fastenings taken on -the line x-x of g. 2.

Figure 2 represents a section taken through the side rail on the liney-y of fig. 1. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents plates of metal, preferably made by casting, and provided4,with hooks B, projecting at right angles, at or near one edge.

These plates are provided with countersunk screwholes, for fastening tothe post or rail.

Similar hooked plates are employed, both for the side rails and the endsof the bedsteads, and they are so applied that the hooks on thesupporting-'post face upward, as shown at C, iig. 1, while those on thepart .which is supported, face downward. l

In putting a bedstead together with these fastenings, the hooks of theside rails are engaged with those on the post, so as to rest thereon.

Care is-taken to place thefplates of the side rails f so far from theends that the latter will be wedged snugly against the posts when thehooks are pus -ed together, the latter being so shaped as'to draw or f,

wedge suiiciently for the purpose.

These hooked platesV or fastenings may be all cast from one pattern, andare interchangeable.

rlhey require no holes, mortises, or recesses to be made in the wood, toweaken it, or `to form nests for vermin.

Having' thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A Theimproved bedstead-fastening plates A, provided with hooks B C, and'otherwise arranged and applied, as specified.

`Witnesses: THOMAS OKEEFE.

I. H. M. WIGMAN, WM. MCGUIRE.

